Beirut’s Christians: a community in fear
Alex Thomson finds Beirut’s Christian community full of fear, convinced that a US attack on Syria will take place.
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We are joined by Laura Blumenfeld, who’s a Middle East Analyst at Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a former American ambassador who is now President of The Middle East Policy Council.
Earlier Cathy Newman spoke to the Bishop of Dover, Rose Hudson Wilkin, who’s the Church of England’s first black female bishop
Muslim passengers refused to distinguish themselves from the Christians, despite the demands of militants.
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Alex Thomson finds Beirut’s Christian community full of fear, convinced that a US attack on Syria will take place.
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Father Christmas was dancing outside the clothes shop. A gaggle of small children were watching, entranced. When the electricity was switched off, he drooped and they drifted away. All over Ankawa, the Christian enclave in Erbil, you can see signs of Christmas: outside one house we saw an orange tree with tinsel and baubles hanging amongst the fruits.
We were joined by Mustafa Barghouti – a politician in the West Bank and head of the Palestinian National Initiative party.
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At least 152 Palestinians have been injured, after Israeli riot police entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.